Tampa High School Student Already Setting Records and Making Olympic History

Author Geno

June 28th, 2021 9:40 AM

A huge congratulations to 17 year old Erriyon Knighton from Hillsborough High School! Fox 13 reports he came in third place last night in the men’s 200 meter trials in Portland, Oregon. Knighton earned his spot to compete for Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics! How significant is this? Earning a spot on the US Olympic Track Team at his age hasn’t happened since 1964!

Knighton has been making jaws drop for the past few weeks after breaking one of Usain Bolt’s records. He told Fox 13 breaking the record wasn’t even on his mind at the time. He just wanted to set a new personal best.

The craziest part about all this? Erriyon’s reason for joining the track team (just three years ago) was so he could be faster on the football field! [Source: Fox 13]

• 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials – Day 10

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  EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 27: Kenny Bednarek, Noah Lyles, and Erriyon Knighton pose on the podium after the Men's 200 Meter Final during day ten of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 27, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

• 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials – Day 10

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  EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 27: Erriyon Knighton and Noah Lyles react after competing in the Men's 200 Meter Final during day ten of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 27, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

• 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials – Day 10

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  EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 27: Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton hug after competing in the Men's 200 Meter Final during day ten of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 27, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
• 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials – Day 10

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  EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 27: Noah Lyles and Erriyon Knighton hug after competing in the Men's 200 Meter Final during day ten of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 27, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

• 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials – Day 10

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  EUGENE, OREGON - JUNE 27: Erriyon Knighton reacts after placing third in the Men's 200 Meter Final during day ten of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 27, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

10 Amazing Stats About the Lightning’s Game 7 Win

Good luck to our Lightning tonight as they begin the quest keep The Stanley Cup in Tampa Bay!

• #10: Victorious Vasy

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  Andrei Vasilevskiy improved to 13-0 in games following a loss over the last two postseasons.

• #9: If this seems familiar…

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  Tampa Bay is in the Stanley Cup Final for the third time in the last seven seasons.

• #8: Lightning Legacy

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  The Bolts are only the 4th franchise to reach the Stanley Cup Final at least four times since their inaugural season in 1992-93.
• #7: Coach Coop

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  Jon Cooper, who is in his ninth NHL season, is the first head coach since Mike Babcock (3x from 2002-03 to 2012-13) to appear in the Stanley Cup Final at least three times within his first 10 seasons behind an NHL bench.

• #6: Killer

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  Killorn recorded his 68th career playoff point to pull into a tie with Martin St. Louis for sixth place among Tampa Bay’s all-time playoff scoring leaders.

• #5: Put some ice on that…

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  Ryan McDonagh blocked five shots to reach 353 career playoff blocked shots and move past Brooks Orpik and into second place among the NHL’s all-time blocked shot leaders in the postseason.
• #4: The one sad stat…

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  Brayden Point saw his nine-game goal streak come to an end in Game 7, one game short of tying the NHL record of 10-straight games with a goal by Philadelphia’s Reggie Leach in 1976.

• #3: Very Gourde

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  Gourde scored the first shorthanded goal in a Game 7 in Lightning history and became just the 10th player in the NHL to do so over the last 25 years.

• #2: Lord Stanley loves Tampa…

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  The Lightning become just the seventh defending Stanley Cup champion in the last 30 years to advance to the Final, following Pittsburgh (1991-92 & 2016-17), Detroit (1997-98 & 2008-09), Dallas (1999-2000) and New Jersey (2000-01). The only teams to repeat in that span are the Penguins (both times) and Red Wings (1997-98)
• #1: #BoltsBounceBack

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  Tampa Bay is 6-0 this postseason in games following a loss, 13-0 over the past two playoffs and 14-0 when including its victory to open the 2020 Playoffs coming off a Game 4 loss in the 2019 First Round at Columbus, that 14-game run the longest in NHL history.

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